handheld

or hand-held

[ hand-held ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

held in the hand or hands:
a handheld torch.
small enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands:
a handheld hair drier.

noun

something small enough to be used or operated while held in the hand or hands:
She traded in her bulky old movie camera for a handheld.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of handheld¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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But handheld dry herb vaporizers offer a notable step up in flavor, convenience, and discretion.

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Disney also offers sign-language interpreters, wheelchair and scooter rentals, assistive handheld captioning and video captioning on some rides, and dialogue and narration of scripts on others.

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The Switch was a console that met players where they were at, able to work with a TV or as a more intimate handheld device.

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It came hot off the heels of the DS, the best-selling handheld in history, with fans seemingly desperate for an upgrade.

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It can be detected using handheld gas sensors like the ones used by the community researchers.

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handgun hand-held

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